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Freezing And Storage Of Cultured Cells

Iowa rates for HCPCS 88240

Cells grown in the laboratory from a patient sample are frozen under controlled conditions and placed in long-term storage. This preserves a living line of the person's cells so that further testing can be done later without collecting a new sample.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Freezing And Storage Of Cultured Cells cost?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.14$13.18 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$14.79 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $33Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $55
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $17professional $15

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.92
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$602.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$26.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$3.16

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Iowa· 17th of 51

$15.85

AK $29.51NJ $9.12

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.